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When Can a Business Refuse Service? Navigating The Law On Rude Customers

When Can a Business Refuse Service? Navigating The Law On Rude Customers

Before you refuse service to a rude customer, make sure your reasons are clear and can’t be misunderstood. The Right to Refuse Service to Rude Customers: Is It Legal for a Business? We’ve all seen the signs in businesses, retail shops, and...

Here’s Why Idaho Powerball Winners Can’t Keep Their Jackpot a Secret

Here’s Why Idaho Powerball Winners Can’t Keep Their Jackpot a Secret

If you haven’t heard, lottery officials have now sweetened the jackpot for Saturday, September 6’s Powerball drawing to a $1.8 billion! With the recent bump, the upcoming jackpot becomes the second biggest jackpot in the game’s history. When the...

Mail-in voting is a legally-protected right

Mail-in voting is a legally-protected right

At the urging of Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on mail-in voting, threatening an executive order banning the practice. The president does not have the constitutional authority to carry out this...

Multimedia Environmental Enforcement: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and Elmore/Owyhee Counties Beef Feedlot Operator Enter Into Consent Judgment

Multimedia Environmental Enforcement: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and Elmore/Owyhee Counties Beef Feedlot Operator Enter Into Consent Judgment

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and Idaho State Department of Agriculture (collectively, “IDEQ”) entered into an August 15th Draft Consent Judgment (“CJ”) with J.R. Simplot Co. and Simplot Livestock Co. (collectively, “JRS”)...

Spirit Airlines to leave Portland International Airport, 11 other locations

Spirit Airlines to leave Portland International Airport, 11 other locations

Low-price carrier Spirit Airlines said Thursday it is leaving Portland International Airport and 11 other locations, just days after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time. Spirit said it would end service to PDX effective...

Transgender athlete drops challenge to Idaho women’s sports law

Transgender athlete drops challenge to Idaho women’s sports law

With the Supreme Court set to hear the Little vs. Hecox case, Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador will have a big decision to make in the national movement to keep trans athletes out of women's and girls' sports. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News...

5-year resident of Idaho Falls hoping to become the city’s next mayor

5-year resident of Idaho Falls hoping to become the city’s next mayor

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is part of a series of profiles of the 2025 Idaho Falls mayoral candidates. IDAHO FALLS — Jeff Alldridge is one of three candidates hoping to be the next mayor of Idaho Falls. Three-term Mayor Rebecca Casper has...

Idaho Attorney General's Office Completes Review of Victor Perez Shooting

Idaho Attorney General's Office Completes Review of Victor Perez Shooting

The following is a news release from the Idaho Attorney General's Office: Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced that his office has completed its review of the April 5, 2025, officer-involved shooting in Pocatello that resulted in the tragic...

Idaho introduces new high school elective focused on Western civilization

Idaho introduces new high school elective focused on Western civilization

The Idaho State Board of Education established new standards for a high school history elective on Western civilization, which could be in classrooms in 2026. BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho State Board of Education approved new standards for high school...

Famous Celebrity Plans Massive Idaho Purchase

Famous Celebrity Plans Massive Idaho Purchase

We all love celebrities, or at least some of them, visiting the Gem State. Some folks, like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kim Kardashian, have bought their own private Idaho's. The Boise area has been rumored to be a secret hub for actors, tech...

Idaho’s unemployment rate increases to 3.7% in July

Idaho’s unemployment rate increases to 3.7% in July

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased between June and July, from 3.6% to 3.7% July’s labor force decreased by 451 people to 1,010,133 while the labor force participation rate – the percentage of people 16 years or older who are...

Idaho attorney general says officers who fatally shot intellectually disabled teen won’t be charged

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Author of the article: Published Sep 03, 2025 • 3 minute read Article content By Martha Bellisle Four Idaho police officers who fatally shot an autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was holding a knife on the other side of...

Idaho Attorney General says officers will not be charged in the shooting death of autistic teen in Pocatello

Idaho Attorney General says officers will not be charged in the shooting death of autistic teen in Pocatello

BOISE, Idaho — On Wednesday, the Attorney General (AG) for the State of Idaho, Raúl Labrador, announced that state prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges against the officers who were involved in the shooting of 17-year-old Victor Perez of...

Idaho officers won't face charges in fatal shooting of teen with autism

Idaho officers won't face charges in fatal shooting of teen with autism

POCATELLO, Idaho — Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador's office said it will not seek criminal charges against four Pocatello police officers who shot a nonverbal teenager with autism, who later died, while responding to a call in April. "The...

Member of Grand Forks' Republican District 42 threatens legal action

Member of Grand Forks' Republican District 42 threatens legal action

GRAND FORKS — A committee chairman of the District 42 Republicans has threatened to censure and remove the chairperson amid turmoil following the resignation of one of the district's two members of the state House of Representatives. In a...

Idaho attorney general says officers who fatally shot intellectually disabled teen won't be charged

Idaho attorney general says officers who fatally shot intellectually disabled teen won't be charged

Four Idaho police officers who fatally shot an autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was holding a knife on the other side of a chain-link fence in April were justified in their actions and will not face criminal charges, the state attorney general...

Idaho’s veterans deserve our best

Idaho’s veterans fought and sacrificed to protect our freedoms. While we can never fully repay the debt we owe them, we must do everything in our power to support them and honor their service. Many veterans and military families face serious...

Give Donald Trump Credit for New Wildfire Policy in Idaho

Give Donald Trump Credit for New Wildfire Policy in Idaho

There have been far more wildfires reported across the American West this summer than last summer. But the volume of the burn has been considerably less. Dramatically less acreage. What’s going on? The President's Team Could Get Some Credit I saw...

Idaho Attorney General’s Office won’t charge officers who shot & killed Pocatello teen

Idaho Attorney General’s Office won’t charge officers who shot & killed Pocatello teen

POCATELLO, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The four officers involved in the shooting death of 17-year-old Victor Perez back in April will not be charged, according to a release from the Office of Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador. On April 5, 2025,...

Boise Police 2025 Bronco Game Day Reminders

Boise Police 2025 Bronco Game Day Reminders

Boise State football is back, and the Boise Police Department (BPD) is reminding fans to plan ahead for a safe and fun game day experience. Whether you’re cheering from inside Albertsons Stadium or celebrating nearby, please keep these guidelines...

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